In the beginning of the day it was only drizzling lightly and I figured it can go one of two ways: it could stop or get worst. I like to think of myself as optimistic so headed out into the garden to weed the flower bed – number 10 on the list if you are following along vicariously. It didn’t stop raining and eventually got … Continue reading There isn’t too much rain friendly activity on my to do list.
… According to Hubby the Un-Gardener. There I was doing my thing completely oblivious to what was going on around me. And he comes along and tells me I should stop and go inside because it was pouring with rain. I looked around and thought “Oh. So it is.” It wasn’t raining when I started. I wanted to tick off number 16 on the list … Continue reading Apparently working in the rain is not what you should do….
I have tried really hard to grow a lemon tree or even any kind of citrus for that matter and over the years I have failed miserably. Then recently I thought I’d try again, but I would kill two birds with one stone. However there was a point when killing birds with stones seemed like a good idea. But at the time I thought I’d … Continue reading Citrus sabotage most fowl!
I’m going to buy the bolts. I have looked into bolt options and learnt a lot about bolts and inter-metal corrosion. If you screw bolts of one metal into something made of another metal then one will corrode a lot quicker, which would be dreadful if everything collapsed around my ears because I cut corners. Besides the bolts have sort of square heads so they … Continue reading I’ve made a decision.
The greenhouse project has ground to a halt, mostly because I have used all the ‘good’ bolts. The ones left are either stripped or seized and now I have a dilemma. I’m not sure what to do. New bolts are very expensive; however they are cheaper than an entirely new greenhouse. So I have cast aside my greenhouse while I ponder an effective solution. So … Continue reading For the want of supplies.
I love sowing seeds! I now have my second round of seeds snuggly planted in warm, damp, seed raising mix. There were loads more than in the first round but there are still loads to come. I look at the tiny seed trays and think that how on earth is it possible that this small assembly of pots and trays could even begin to fill … Continue reading Sowing the seeds of love
And for me there was no dirty hands plunged into a weedy soil, and I didn’t even get to pick up a screwdriver to build a greenhouse. There were things from the garden in our dinner as per the rule: “something from the garden in every meal’ – however it was all from the freezer so I didn’t even need to put my gumboots on … Continue reading Gardening can take on many forms.
I am trying not to throw all my eggs into one basket as I have a lot of work to do across the garden to get it spring ready and so if I concentrate all my efforts in one area then others will suffer because of it. So I am juggling loads of different projects and loving the challenge of it all. This is going … Continue reading Weeding and building.
I have a dreadful problem with procrastination, especially if it is a task I don’t want to do, or I get the idea for something but decide it isn’t important enough to go at the top of the list. Then I end up with a list – or even a sub-list that contains a whole lot of things that would only take a jiffy to … Continue reading Some things just don’t belong on a list.
With a burning desire to actually build something I thought the new potting bench would be a quick fix to satisfy that need. There weren’t too many pieces – I could knock it off in no time. And I would have – had it not been cheap for a reason. It was all coming together nicely and efficiently right up until the last piece – … Continue reading I have assembled something!
